Chapter 2 · Verse 22
Transcendental Knowledge
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि। तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही
vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānya nyāni sanyāti navāni dehī
Word Meanings
vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛihṇāti naraḥ aparāṇi tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya jirṇāni anyāni sanyāti navāni dehī
Translation
As a person sheds worn-out garments and puts on new ones, so the embodied soul casts off worn-out bodies and enters new ones.